AZ Alkmaar 3-2 Zenit: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 8 December 2016

Result

AZ Alkmaar 3-2 Zenit

Europa League · Thursday 8 December 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

AZ Alkmaar · Zenit · Europa League predictions

AZ Alkmaar 3-2 Zenit: match report

AZ Alkmaar beat Zenit 3-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 8 December 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Ben Rienstra opened the scoring in the 7th minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from Ben Rienstra (7'), R. Haps (43') and M. Tankovic (68'). Zenit scored through Giuliano (58') and an own goal by S. Wuytens (80').

Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 2 yellow cards; Zenit received no yellow cards.

Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 39th on 11 points from 9 and Zenit 14th on 15 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Zenit in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Muamer Tankovic of AZ Alkmaar (8.6), ahead of Robert Mühren (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 AZ Alkmaar wins, 1 draw and 1 for Zenit.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Ben RienstraAZ Alkmaar · 1-0
  • 43'Goal · R. HapsAZ Alkmaar · 2-0
  • 58'Goal · GiulianoZenit · 2-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Iliass Bel HassaniAZ Alkmaar
  • 68'Goal · M. TankovicAZ Alkmaar · 3-1
  • 80'Own goal · S. WuytensZenit · 3-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Mattias JohanssonAZ Alkmaar

Head-to-head

2 meetings: AZ Alkmaar 0, draws 1, Zenit 1.

Team news

AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sergio Rochet, Mattias Johansson, Ridgeciano Haps, Derrick Luckassen, Stijn Wuytens, Ben Rienstra, Muamer Tankovic, Iliass Bel Hassani, Mats Seuntjens, Robert Mühren, Wout Weghorst

Zenit line-up (4-3-3)

Yuriy Lodygin, Aleksandr Anyukov, Ivan Novoseltsev, Nicolas Lombaerts, Yury Zhirkov, Giuliano, Javi García, Axel Witsel, Artem Dzyuba, Robert Mak, Luka Đorđević